Rumours
Fleetwood Mac is who I chose to start my workday with. Rumours is a classic album and one that I often go back to. I'd highly recommend it for driving the highway between Lethbridge and Nobleford as I did regularly for work when I lived in the Southern part of our province.
I find myself wanting to just hop into the car and drive south to Lethbridge for a day. For no reason, maybe stop into my favourite cafe or visit the park in the coulees. I haven't really had this desire for years. I miss University and I miss the small community I had when I lived there - but I think right now I miss the freedom of that time of my life. I don't think I miss Lethbridge, I think I miss what Lethbridge represents.
But if I'm being real, I would do terrible things for a curried tuna melt, pasta salad, and London Fog from the Penny.
In my course yesterday we discussed the concept of grief during the pandemic. Something I've talked about on here previously. What I learned from this is that in my grief process I seek comfort from being outside. I can really identify that in how I've handled my days during this pandemic. I walk the dog daily for around 6km. Sometimes that's one giant walk around the entire perimeter of my community, other times it's a few shorter walks spread out. Being outside, a part of the world beyond my home, makes me feel slightly more at peace with what's happening.
I've also learned a lot about myself in terms of motivation. It is very hard for me to find motivation to complete tasks when I have a whole day stuck at home to do it. There's nothing immediately pressing that can't be pushed until later so I am often tempted to just let everything go. This is a terrible character trait for working from home. You can not procrastinate. On anything. Ever.
Starting last week, I'm running on a daily checklist. I've compiled all of the jobs I have to do for work into a list on my phone and I check them off as I go. So far, it's working great! Everything suddenly seems so manageable on a list, even a long list. I can't even explain how good it is for my mental health to have the satisfaction of checking things off and knowing that I am organized enough to not have thing fall through the cracks.
I find myself wanting to just hop into the car and drive south to Lethbridge for a day. For no reason, maybe stop into my favourite cafe or visit the park in the coulees. I haven't really had this desire for years. I miss University and I miss the small community I had when I lived there - but I think right now I miss the freedom of that time of my life. I don't think I miss Lethbridge, I think I miss what Lethbridge represents.
But if I'm being real, I would do terrible things for a curried tuna melt, pasta salad, and London Fog from the Penny.
In my course yesterday we discussed the concept of grief during the pandemic. Something I've talked about on here previously. What I learned from this is that in my grief process I seek comfort from being outside. I can really identify that in how I've handled my days during this pandemic. I walk the dog daily for around 6km. Sometimes that's one giant walk around the entire perimeter of my community, other times it's a few shorter walks spread out. Being outside, a part of the world beyond my home, makes me feel slightly more at peace with what's happening.
I've also learned a lot about myself in terms of motivation. It is very hard for me to find motivation to complete tasks when I have a whole day stuck at home to do it. There's nothing immediately pressing that can't be pushed until later so I am often tempted to just let everything go. This is a terrible character trait for working from home. You can not procrastinate. On anything. Ever.
Starting last week, I'm running on a daily checklist. I've compiled all of the jobs I have to do for work into a list on my phone and I check them off as I go. So far, it's working great! Everything suddenly seems so manageable on a list, even a long list. I can't even explain how good it is for my mental health to have the satisfaction of checking things off and knowing that I am organized enough to not have thing fall through the cracks.
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